A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 12-17 mission Saturday night (April 12) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ). The Falcon 9 lifted off from KSC's historic Launch Complex-39A at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 on April 13 GMT), carrying a stack of 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit ( LEO ).

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded up with more than two dozen Starlink satellites early Monday from Florida's famed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX pushed back the launch of its more than 20 Starlink satellites to Friday night, however, the weather does not look so promising. The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-17 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, stated SpaceX .